I’d imagined I’d use Katherine’s cupboard doors in the garden – if there is a full cupboard frame, I’ll use it as storage space on the wall near by greenhouse/where my potting bench will be. Depending on what the doors are made from and if there is enough that are a similar size, they might be suitable for making planters (my current obsession!). If they’re not quite strong enough for that, I might use some to make a broody/quarantine coop for our chickens in case we ever need one.

In addition to the doors being recreated into artwork by Micheline Robinson, who carved my old drawer fronts and Linda Evans who painted them, one of the other contributors, Roy Lewis and I turned some of the remaining doors into plinths to exhibit the artwork. Using the original hinges as a means for them to be attached together.

There are more doors and any artists who are based in Merseyside are more than welcome to join in on the action for the July show from the 16th to the 31st of July. The main body of artists involved are part of a networking event that I run called “With These Hands” who next meet on Friday 15th of April 2011 at Capuccinos in the Park in Birkenhead Park at 10am.

I was just looking at some plans for wooden solar cookers. It seems that old kitchen cabinet doors could make a very stylish solar cooker. You would have to make sure the seams are properly caulked so there is no leakage.

I wanted to make some molds for making my own concrete pavers, so the old doors made a good size base and I glued offcuts of timber from another reno project into a square onto it. These were laminated doors, so I figure they will withstand a bit of moisture without warping.
Use as a base for other art work, such as mosaic.
Remove handles and use as small portable work areas, lego creations, playdough, jigsaws, drawing.
Use to press flowers, leaves etc, door, paper, flowers, paper, door, repeat!